Truck Stops · Texas · October 24, 2026

Texas Town Approves an I-10 Truck Stop With No Showers or Lounge

Truck drivers on Interstate 10 in the Texas Hill Country are getting a new place to fuel up in Kerrville. According to city staff, they should not plan on showering, doing laundry or relaxing in a lounge there.

The Kerrville City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 20, unanimously approved the permits needed for a truck stop and convenience store at the northeast corner of Highway 16 and Interstate 10, the Hill Country Community Journal reports.

The project

The council approved two conditional use permits, Resolution Nos. 51-2026 and 52-2026, for "The Texan Store," according to the Community Journal. The plans call for:

• A convenience store
• Automobile fuel pumps
• A separate truck fueling station

The site covers about 12.4 acres, including the former Exxon station site, the Community Journal reports. The developer asked city staff to consider the permits as one package because the project likely would not move forward without all of them, according to the staff report.

The developer is the Texan Stores chain, based in Yorktown, Texas, according to The Kerr County Lead. At a September planning meeting, the developer said his family's business got its start in Yorktown in 2008 and that this project has been five years in the making.

The conditions for trucks

Planning and Development Director Drew Paxton said trucks will enter from the north driveway, while the other two driveways will serve the store, according to the Community Journal.

The permits also include two conditions aimed at the truck side of the site:

• Truck parking cannot be expanded without city approval.
• Screening is required if validated noise complaints are made.

Then there is the line drawing attention from drivers. "The store will not include showers, laundry or a lounge, which staff said will discourage overnight parking," the Community Journal reported. The report does not say whether that is a city requirement or simply the developer's design.

Traffic and floodplain questions

One councilmember asked about a traffic study, citing concerns about semis entering and leaving close to the I-10 ramp. The staff report says the project will have no traffic impact once mitigation measures from a traffic impact study are put in place, according to the Community Journal.

The site sits about 325 feet from the 100-year floodplain, the paper reports, which is part of why the permits were needed. A project engineer said the site sits about 30 to 50 feet above the floodplain after fill.

No opposition

The Planning and Zoning Commission had unanimously recommended approval, and no one spoke against the project during the public hearings, according to the Community Journal.

So trucks are welcome to pull in and buy fuel. They just are not supposed to get comfortable.

For drivers working out where to stop on long runs, the Big Rig Daily guides to truck parking tips and apps and the best truck stop chains for drivers cover what to look for in a place to rest.

A question for readers

Every driver on that stretch of I-10 still has to stop somewhere when the clock runs out.

Is a truck stop built to keep trucks from staying the night really a truck stop at all?

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